This is an experimental art critique that I am trying to do since I have over 100K subscriber on Youtube. Thank you everyone for support and encouragement, also those who cursed at me on Youtube. It’s been over six years since I started the how to draw and paint blog, idrawgirls.com then now TheArtClasses.com
It was back in 2007 when I start blogging and it was n’t meant to be a “how to” blog. But it ends up great somehow.

So I started a new art community or forum at artistsarena.org
For artists to post their art and get feedback, you can even communicate face to face on Google Hangout. How cool is that. Thanks Google.

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And my new goal is to help out as much as I can so I came up with critique videos and paint over. If you post your art in the community and want a critique, read the rules in the community. I will pick one or two to do monthly #paintover video.
Type #critique and #paintover in your art post to requested Critique and I will randomly select them to make a Youtube videos paint over to critique and explain how I can fix your work. If you don’t #, I won’t be able to find your work.

Here is a #Paintover of +Jerkup Pile requested. I just randomly picked since he the first post. He wants me to paint over the hair. I strictly use only default Photoshop brushes so no custom or fancy brushes here. It takes me roughly about twenty minutes for the hair. If you want more realistic, then you will have to spend more time on it refining the base that I have, with or without ref. But for most, ref will be better. I am just lazy. The video tutorial is coming up in a few days. *Never mind the repainted face, I got carried away so I played around with it for five to ten mins.

Here is a #Paintover of +Jerkup Pile requested. I just randomly picked since he the first post. He wants me to paint over the hair. I strictly use only default Photoshop brushes so no custom or fancy brushes here. It takes me roughly about twenty minutes for the hair. If you want more realistic, then you will have to spend more time on it refining the base that I have, with or without ref. But for most, ref will be better. I am just lazy. The video tutorial is coming up in a few days. *Never mind the repainted face, I got carried away so I played around with it for five to ten mins.
Below are the images of painting hair.

Art critique session 01 painting hair.

About The Author

Xia Taptara -
Xia Taptara (黃曉聲 Huang XiaoShēng), currently a freelance concept artist for games and films, formerly a character concept artist for ArenaNet/NCsoft (GuildWars & Guildwars 2). I also work on various projects for Game of Thrones, Square-Enix, Paizo Publishing, Fantasy Fight Games, Disney Interactive, and many publishers & clients. I use Wacom Tablet Intuos and Photoshop CS2,3,4,5 to do most of my professional art work. I use pencil, pen, and traditional medium in my free time. I founded IdrawGirls.com (TheArtClasses.com) in 2007 to motivate myself to create more and better art. Also I get to draw and paint whatever the hell I want to. Hopefully I can inspired some young soul and old soul alike.
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